Clavia Nord Lead 3

Newly redesigned and vastly improved, Clavia gives us the Nord Lead 3.
It is a 24-voice synthesizer (the NL2 is 16-voice) with many new
features including many bigger knobs and controls. A new Unison mode is
available that won't affect polyphony so that you can get some extremely
thick and fat polyphonic sounds. A new and 'easier to use' user
interface with endless rotary knobs and LED graphs offer total and
immediate control.

The oscillator section has been completely redesigned. There are two
separate oscillator groups, each providing you with six different
waveforms, plus an additional built-in sync oscillator. A new type of
synthesis akin to FM is also available called Sinus Modulation (SM). The
Nord Lead 3 also features two high quality multi-mode filters with Low-,
Band- and High-pass filtering. There's also Lowpass-Highpass and
Lowpass-Lowpass filter modes and a Classic mode that emulates the
characteristics of a classic analog filter. The Nord Lead 3 now offers
up to 3 LFOs/Envelopes per voice plus Global Vibrato, syncable to MIDI
clock.

The Nord Lead 3 also has four separate Morph groups. The Morph function
lets you continuously control defined ranges of up to 26 parameters in a
sound, using only a single control source. This lets you produce radical
changes to a sound in a very fast and easy way. There are four Morph
groups available for each sound and you may assign up to 26 different
parameters, distributed as you wish among the four Morph groups. The
Morph groups are hardwired to one control source each: Velocity,
Aftertouch, Modulation Wheel and Expression Pedal. And with the new
Timbre function you can switch between two complete parameter setups in
a sound.

Also on-board are 4 individual audio outputs. Each MIDI part can be
routed to a separate output or to two for stereo. The Software within
the Nord Lead 3 can easily be upgraded via MIDI for future enhancements
and upgrades. The Nord Lead 3 makes a great synth better than ever! A
Nord Rack 3 is planned for release later this year. The Nord Lead 3 has
already been used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Stereolab, Adrian Belew, the
Faint, Keane, and the Pet Shop Boys.

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